Photograph Offenders, Get Reward

The police, the Road Transport Department and the Road Safety Department are working in concert to ensure road fatalities are reduced this Chinese New Year season.

And they are not the only ones keeping an eye out for errant motorists.

The Road Safety Department has invited public to submit photographs of motorists committing traffic offences.

To ensure good response, it is having a competition for the best picture.

The holiday season competition was launched on Friday and will end on Feb 25, with daily rewards of RM150 for the best picture of the day, and RM100 and RM50 for second and third best pictures.

The pictures will be displayed on the department’s “Hall of Shame/Hall of Merit” website.

“The cash rewards are only for a limited period and will run until Feb 25.

“We want to get the public to participate in our efforts to make our roads safer and the rewards are our way of showing our appreciation for the public’s efforts,” said department director-general Datuk Suret Singh.

“We are getting the community involved in an effort to make Malaysian roads safer.

“When they take pictures of queue jumpers, overloaded lorries or motorists running the red light, they give us the information we need to nab the culprits.

“They can send the pictures to the website and get rewarded for their efforts,” said Suret.

Suret said the pictures posted at the “Hall of Shame” at http://www.panducermat.org.my would be the “censored” versions, with the car plate numbers blurred.

“The original pictures will show the vehicles’ number plates. The information will be passed to the Road Transport Department which will track down the owners.

“We don’t issue a summons based on the photograph. It is up to the RTD to take the next step,” added Suret.

Currently, the website displays 1,454 pictures of offenders and offences. The website was launched in July 2005.

Meanwhile, RTD enforcement director Salim Parlan said yesterday the department would put up bases at accident-prone areas to force motorists to slow down at dangerous stretches.